>>32701928each item that goes into the anvil has a work count, going past 5 makes it "too expensive". picrel for how she should have done it vs how she did it
Unbreaking III + Sweeping Edge (work 0)
Mending (work 0)
Sharpness IIx2, III, IV (work 0)
Looting III (work 0)
then she combined:
UB3+SE + Mending (work 1)
S2x2 -> S3 (work 1)
S3x2 -> S4 (work 2)
S4x2 -> S5 (work 3)
UB3+SE+Mending + Sharpness V (work 4, takes max (3,2) then adds 1)
UB3+SE+Mending+S5 + Looting III (work 5)
work 5 pushes it past the cap
really, it was the sharp 2 books that did her in